Sorting out Mine Safety
During the National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association's board of director's meeting, President and CEO Joy Wilson said the association's top priority would be advocacy. Priority two is dealing with the Mine Safety and Health Administration's aggressive enforcement; number three is training ...
Agg1 up and Running
The second annual Agg1 show, which is co-located with World of Asphalt opens Tuesday. Exhibitors spent Monday constructing their booths. Also, the National Stone Sand & Gravel Association began its annual convention. ...
First Anniversary Report on Recovery Act
As the Senate debates the merits of a jobs bill, a new report—Projects and Paychecks: a One-Year Report on State Transportation Successes under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act—finds that more than 280,000 jobs were created and more than 12,250 transportation projects are under way as a result of the jobs bill signed into law one year ago....
Slag Association Names new Head
Dr. Anthony E. Fiorato will head the Slag Cement Association as executive director. He has worked in the industry since 1973...
Heidelberg Posts Q4 Results
HeidelbergCement presented its preliminary and unaudited financial results for the fourth quarter and full year 2009. These figures decreased in 2009 compared to the prior year, reflecting the impact of the global economic crisis on the overall construction industry...
Martin Maretta Volume off 24%
Martin Marietta Materials announced results for the fourth quarter and 2009, and provided a preliminary outlook for 2010...
Vulcan Materials Drop 26% in 2009
Vulcan Materials Company reported that Q4 2009 net earnings from continuing operations were a loss of $13 million; cash earnings from continuing operations were $67 million. Its aggregate shipments declined 23%, but aggregate pricing was up 5...
Rice Lake Expands Operations to India
Rice Lake Weighing Systems has partnered with Strategic Weighing Systems Ltd of Chennai, India. The Wisconsin-based business employs roughly 400 people and will now have a 50 percent stake in the overseas operation. The company has plans to build a new facility in India....
Argonics Moves Facility
Argonics has moved from Marquette to Gwinn, Mich., and into a single 72,000-square-foot integrated facility, expanding its operation from 40,000 square feet across five buildings to 72,000 square feet in one integrated facility. ...
Volvo Consolidates North American Operations
Volvo Construction Equipment is consolidating its North American industrial operations....
MSHA Seeks Information on UG Warning System
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration requested information on proximity detection systems for underground mines. ...
ARTBA Offers Guidance for Stormwater Regs
Stormwater runoff regulations issued by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency should take into account many of the features that make transportation projects unique and not take a “one size fits all” approach, ...
Forecast: Global Cement Demand to Grow
Global demand for hydraulic cement is forecast to rise 4.1% per year to 3.5 billion metric tons in 2013...
MSHA Starts Mining Fatalities Program
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration launched an outreach and enforcement program designed to strengthen efforts to prevent mining fatalities...
Nearly 10,000 Projects Await Jobs Bill
As states await action on a jobs bill, the list of ready-to-go state infrastructure projects has surpassed the 9,800 mark, the American Association State Highway Transportation Officials reports. These projects are valued at more than $79 billion...
Obama Releases Army Corps FY2011 Budget
The president's budget for FY2011 includes $4.9 billion in funding for Army Corps of Engineers’ civil works program. ...
Minerals Group Restructures Executive Department
The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society has restructured its executive department through the creation of two new staff positions....
U.S. Productivity Rises in 2009
U.S. productivity weathered the recession well, growing 2.5% (in per hour terms) in 2009, The Conference Board reported.
This blip in the prevailing downward trend in U.S. productivity was largely explained by dramatically reduced working hours that offset output decline...
New-Home Sales Decline in December
Sales of newly built, single-family homes fell 7.6% in December to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 342,000 units, according to figures released by the U.S. Commerce Department...
High-Speed Rail to get $8 Bill in ARRA Funds
The U.S. Department of Transportation is awarding $8 billion to states across the country to develop America’s first nationwide program of high-speed intercity passenger rail service. ...
AASHTO Hires Climate-Change Program Manager
Caroline Paulsen joined the American Association of State Highway Transportation Officials’ policy and government relations department as the program manager for climate change. ...
Holcim Supports Red Cross Field Activities
The president of the International Committee of the Red Cross, Jakob Kellenberger, and the CEO of Holcim Ltd, Markus Akermann, signed a long-term agreement during the World Economic Forum meetings in Davos, Switzerland. ...
Transportation Project Task Force Launches
The kick-off meeting of a new AASHTO-AGC-ARTBA Joint Committee task force organized to develop management, policy, regulatory and legislative recommendations that could significantly accelerate highway and transit project delivery was held at the American Road & Transportation Builders Association’s headquarters...
ARTBA Opposes EPA Ozone Proposal
A proposal from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to tighten ozone standards threatens to put hundreds of communities across America out of compliance with the Clean Air Act and, in turn, places federal highway funds for those areas at risk...
Three UG Miners Rescued
A truck fire that broke out Jan. 21 at Doe Run Co.’s Viburnum #29 lead-zinc mine in Bunker, Mo., trapped three miners when their escape route became blocked by the 30-ton haulage vehicle. ...
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